Month: October 2017

Penne with Zucchini & Pancetta

Penne with Zucchini & Pancetta

Another quickie for ya! This will be done in the amount of time it takes for your penne to cook! Awesome sauce! Seriously. I feel good about this one. Sure there’s a healthy amount of olive oil and some Italian bacon, but it has zucchini 

Parmesan Potatoes

My potato obsession continues… Here you go folks. Another day, another potato recipe. I just can’t stop myself. Potatoes are really just the perfect side dish, am I right? Anyway, this one is really easy. Just toss,

Spaghetti Puttanesca

There are some conflicting stories out there about where this dish came from, and what it means. It may make you blush! I invite you to google it! Yum is all I can say here!  You can put this together in about 30 minutes!

Farro with Chickpeas, Tomato and Mozzarella

Deciding what was to go alongside our chicken dinner,  I was once again reaching for the rice. But I am sick of rice. Are you sick of rice? After a quick pantry check, I spotted some farro. Have you ever tried farro?

3 Cheese Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

Hi all! What’s cooking today? For me, it’s stuffing more stuff. This time its large Potobello mushroom caps. These guys are so versatile.

Quick Bacon & Peas

I’m always searching  for a quick side dish. You know, just something you can throw together in a flash with the rest of dinner is cooking, or almost done. Isn’t that the way it is?

Mini Meatball Soup – My version of Italian Wedding Soup

So it’s technically fall right? This means we can start making soup right? Good. I have a lot of soup recipes. Soup is a hit around here. It’s big flavor, little cleanup. Yes please!

Homemade Beef Jerky

Everyone is trying to eat better these days. I know I am. I really do try to feed the family real food everyday.  I know this is hard for a lot of you out there. Some days you just can’t help it! It’s life. But 

Chicken Parmesan

It’s tough making a meal the whole family will enjoy. I struggle with that one too! But I think this one fits the bill. It’s hard to find something to dislike with this recipe! Who doesn’t love fried chicken? No. One. Here’s the thing, this 

Polpettone

Stuck with that ground beef in the fridge huh? No idea what to make for dinner right? Well, we love meatloaf here, but meatloaf can get a little boring (not mine of course). Well how abut you add this one to that meatloaf rotation?